Charles A. Wry Jr.

Representative Matters

• Has served as outside counsel to numerous private companies engaged in various product and service businesses (including, for over 30 years, a family-owned group of companies engaged in marine transportation, marine-related construction and repair, marine-related services and real estate development) through their life cycles, from formation through sale.  Work has included:
  • Consulting with and advising founders about the form of entity for their new companies;
  • Preparing governing agreements, including stockholders’ and limited liability company agreements;
  • Preparing and implementing equity (and “phantom equity”) compensation plans;
  • Preparing employment, consulting and related agreements (including restrictive covenant agreements providing for confidentiality, invention assignments, non-solicitation and non-competition);
  • Representing companies in their raising capital by issuing stock, limited liability company interests, convertible notes and SAFEs;
  • Representing companies in borrowings;
  • Representing companies in their general business transactions;
  • Structuring ownership and management succession arrangements and transactions; and
  • Representing companies in acquiring other companies and in being acquired.
• Has represented private equity funds and investors in acquisition and sale transactions.  Work has included:
  • Structuring and negotiating acquisition and sale transactions, and preparing acquisition and sale agreements;
  • Structuring and preparing governing agreements of, and representing investors in making and managing investments in, special-purpose vehicles formed to participate in acquisition transactions; and
  • Representing investors and management team members in sale transactions.
• Has represented investors in making, managing and disposing of interests in private investment funds.